Is it difficult to find programming jobs in Antarctica?

Question

If anyone knows a programmer or even any other IT professional in this continent, I would like to hear from you.

Answer 1

Yes, they would also face many challenges: limited supplies, being away from family, html challenges (if they're on Sololearn); as well as many storms: snow storms, thunderstorms?, html storms (if they're on Sololearn). In a way it may be similar to working in a startup perhaps, with the many hats they wear. I wonder if they recruit any penguins who may also need to wear many hats but probably mainly RedHats.

Answer 2

There are scientists working in Antarctica but I find that they are very specialised. It's not very easy for a general programmer to join their teams. It's a bit competitive.

Answer 3

You first find any job in Antarctica first, let alone a programming job.

Or even before that, try even surviving the Antarctic cold.

Answer 4

⏩ Dark Angel ⏪ what do you mean by a non existent citizen?

Answer 5

Thanks Janning⭐ .There are a few for System Admin and IT/Computer technician but couldn't yet find one for general programmer.

Answer 6

Thanks Happy Feet! R sounds like a great idea for doing stats work to help researchers. Wow you've actually been to the Antarctic!! All this while I thought you were just a tap dancing penguin, or a singing one with a Mexican accent. It is time to upgrade my skills. I need to find a pick axe!

Answer 7

Maybe I could become an assistant researcher/programmer studying the assimilation of polar bears into a penguin dominated society. I need this to be a big data project, so I will need a large number of polar bears. Or I wonder if a single polar bear classifies as big data? I mean they're kinda big aren't they?

Answer 8

Alessandra C I didn't say that I really want to; I am just toying with the idea, but I think that doing like a 3 month stint there would be really cool,.... I mean cold,.... I mean freezing....brrrr!! Janning⭐ , hinanawi , Happy Feet , do you guys have experience working there? 😉

Answer 9

Rora I think you're right. Will the real Antarcticans please stand up 😀 and give us some pointers (hopefully not void *ptrs) ? Janning⭐ you have helped already. So many thanks to you. It's some of the others I'd like to hear from.

Answer 10

Thanks Mason Neville, just from Googling I find that there are far more applicants for the limited vacancies there, so maybe not at this stage for me. But I never say never. Maybe when I'm more experienced in coding (and perhaps glaciology!!)

Answer 11

Morten thanks! It's not really a dream but a thought for a short term adventure. TBH I prefer the Antarctic as the wildlife there is less hostile, but Svalbard sounds like a great stepping stone.

Answer 12

Ben Bistline, tankur yes I think a data center there is not a good idea due to the harsh environment. Datacentres in more common locations and information in 'the cloud' would be more practical. Internet access could be via satellite. The computers physically there would need to be specially built (with heating elements and no heat sink perhaps) to suit the environment.

Answer 13

They mostly research on the Antarctic wilderness or are part of some facility that utilizes the chill for research, like I heard a neutrino detector is there.

But jobs there don't last a complete year.

Answer 14

As far as i know, there are mainly research-related works available there.
Programming may not be a main thing you would do there, but Python & R are super useful for statistical works.
However, you will get more opportunities for having more skills for sure.

Answer 15

Sonic ask Janning⭐ he is also from Antarctica

Answer 16

why you would like to work in Antarctica?

Answer 17

Yes it is very hard.
~A nonexistent citizen in Antarctica

Answer 18

I would imagine that team members must need to wear many hats (both figuratively and literally) while they are down there, so I wouldn't be surprised if the SysAdmins and IT folks know how to program. 🤔

Answer 19

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Well... you can relax alone! But you need to find food! And water to drink! You'll need internet! You may build a internet root... Now... you need a house... to don't destroy the root! And next you can be a programmer in Artarctica!

Answer 20

It's impossible since Polar bears and penguins are well known programming specialists 😄